Dark Spiner
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The Dark Spiner is a Spinosaurus-type Zoid, one of over 200 species of biomechanical lifeforms depicted by by TOMY's Zoids model, toy, and media franchise.
| Dark Spiner | |
 The Dark Assasins' Dark Spiner |
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| EZ/60 Spinosaurus Type Guylos Empire |
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| Crew | 1 |
| Weight | 118 tons |
| Depth | 22.3 m |
| Height | 16.6 m |
| Maximum Speed | 240 |
| Weapons | 144mm Machine Gun x2, Electron Fang, Strike Laser Claw, Double Barrelled Cannon x2, Strike Smash Tail |
| Equipment | Jamming Blade |
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[edit] Overview
The Dark Spiner is a highly advanced Zoid. Based off the older Dimetrodon, it is the best electronic warfare Zoid ever made, utilising the fin on its back, (the "jamming blade") to disable enemy communications.
It served as part of the Eisen Dragoon unit alongside the Berserk Fury, assisting in spearheading the ascension of the Neo-Zenebas Empire. However, despite its successful contribution to the coup, the design was expensive to mass produce. It was retired from service due to its Guylos influence and replaced with the less advanced (but more "Zenebas-like") Dimetrodon.
Most notably, it is able to combine with the Killer Dome to form the "Killer Spiner" Fuzor. This fusion is beneficial to both Zoids; although it disables the Jamming Blade, the Dark Spiner is granted the Killer Dome's gatlings and pulse laser array, exponentially increasing its otherwise average firepower, and the normally slow and awkward Killer Dome now has a fast and nimble steed to carry it. In the Zoids: Fuzors anime, the fusion also grants it the ability to raise a domed energy shield, and launch the Killer Dome's claws on thick cables to grab enemy Zoids, (similar to the Geno Saurer.)
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The Dark Spiner's sole anime appearance is during Zoids: Fuzors, where it is piloted by Malloy. It appears alongside its partner, the Killer Dome, (piloted by Malloy's brother, Rattle) as part of the Dark Assassins team. The Dark Spiner is particularly notable, as it is the first Zoid seen to fuse with another, combining with Killer Dome to create the much more powerful Killer Spiner, which is piloted simultaneously by Rattle and Malloy.
The Killer Spiner made its first appearance in the second episode, "1 + 1 = ?". Its first victims were the Black Impact team and their custom Blade Ligers, who were easily defeated by the Killer Spiner. Mach Storm ended up facing the Dark Assassins as well; their plan was to surround the Killer Spiner and bombard it with ranged fire, whilst RD and his Liger Zero closed the gap and severed the fusion with its Strike Laser Claw. However, the attack didn't go as according to plan and they very nearly lost the fight. With RD's Liger Zero and Helmut's Command Wolf slowly being choked to death, they very nearly lost, until the Killer Spiner's fusion time-limit ran out. With its power depleted, the Killer Spiner toppled over, leaving the Liger Zero the winner... until it fell over from exhaustion as well, and the match declared a tie.
The Killer Spiner would briefly appear at the start of episode 7, "The Unseen Enemy". During a training session, the Dark Assassins are assassinated themselves, by an invisible opponent, which was later revealed to be Keith and his Holotech Zaber Fang.
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